Haworth Primary School

About Haworth Primary School

Of the 78 parents who responded to Ofsted's Parent View survey between September 2024 and September 2025, 81% said they would recommend Haworth Primary School to other parents. That's a strong vote of confidence, though it's worth noting that 19% said they wouldn't. The school is clearly popular: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 100 applications for just 28 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.57. Of those, 26 were first-preference applications, and 26 first-preference offers were made, meaning every family who put it first got a place. The school has a nursery provision and currently has 272 pupils on roll against a capacity of 341, so there is some room to grow. Headteacher Paula Howe leads a mixed, non-religious primary for ages 3 to 11 in the Bradford local authority area.

Academically, Haworth sits in the bottom 50 nationally based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. In the 2023/24 KS2 assessments, 56% of pupils hit that combined expected standard, compared with the Bradford local authority average of 59%. The school's ranking within Bradford is 99th out of 153 primary schools. Looking at individual subjects, 79% reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths, but writing lagged at 63%. At the higher standard, just 7% achieved the top marks across all three subjects. Average scores were 106 in reading and 104 in maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection was an ungraded visit in October 2024, which confirmed that standards were maintained, and it retains its overall Good rating. In the previous graded inspection in 2015, leadership and management were rated Outstanding, though that grade has since been updated to Good.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, music rooms, ICT suite, library and playing fields, plus an outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, athletics, netball, dance, cricket, gymnastics and cross country, while clubs range from eco club and book club to drama, film club, choir and gardening. For SEND, the school has a resourced provision and supports children with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses on SEND support were mixed: 69% agreed or strongly agreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, but 31% disagreed or strongly disagreed. This is a school that suits families who value a broad range of activities and a strong local reputation, but who are comfortable with academic results that sit slightly below the local average.

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